Adam Gopnik
New Yorker staff writer & Author of seven books most recently The Table Comes First
Adam Gopnik is a widely known writer, essayist, commentator and lecturer. For over 30 years, he has been a prominent staff writer at The New Yorker, to which he has contributed non-fiction, fiction, memoir and criticism. He is also the author of several books, some of which include Paris to the Moon, Through the Children’s Gate, and The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food. In a recent article titled “Why Teach English?”, Mr. Gopnik makes an argument that university English departments and English majors democratize the practice of reading, and ultimately closes, with passionate authority, that “The reason we need the humanities is because we’re human. That’s enough.” @adamgopnik
Susan Cain is a writer, lecturer, and author of the 2012 non-fiction book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people. In 2015, Cain co-founded 
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He is best-known for writing, along with the economist Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics (2005) and SuperFreakonomics (2009), which have sold more than 5 million copies in 35 languages. Since, they have collaborated on Think Like a Freak (2014) and When to Rob a Bank (2015). Dubner is also the author of Turbulent Souls/Choosing My Religion (1998), Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper (2003), and the children's book The Boy With Two Belly Buttons (2007). His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing, The Best American Crime Writing, and others. To learn more about Stephen Dubner, please visit his 